Then there’s the big C – Cornerstone Festival! A huge thank you to the Anchor Fellowship, Cone & Live Records, Sanctuary, and Ignite for giving us slots on their stages. This is a huge step forward for us and we are trusting for even more doors to be opened as we begin building relationships and spreading our sound through North America.

Finally, what you’ve all been waiting to hear about – the release date for the record. Every thing is moving along smoothly, though because of some major opportunities that have come our way, we may be releasing a little later in the year. The record is done and dusted, the artwork is just about finalized, and the video shoot for the title track, These Wounds, is in the process of being scheduled as we speak.

Sit tight for now and make sure you stay tuned for more updates! I will say this much - we may have some very exciting news for you in June! I'm not really at liberty to divulge details, but I will say that if it does push through it will be the break that we have been waiting for... a true to form miracle of the living God.

Thanks again so very much for all of your support! Let’s keep believing! Know that you, your support, and your prayers are much of the reason we are able to make a difference! Lots of love out to you all!

God bless!

Jon

In April we had a slot onstage at the Summer Slam festival in Manila at the Amoranto Stadium. With over 30,000 people in the stadium, the atmosphere was amazing - and having legends like Testament and Lamb of God headlining the festival, the crowds were pretty excited too!

Aside from the international band presence, the best of the Philippine hard music scene was onstage for the festival, and the crowds were seriously spoilt with the talent that day - no kidding, these guys kick it big style!!

In August we again had a slot on the Meltdown stage for the Greenbelt Festival. Meltdown have hosted a stage here for many years now, and always have a varied spread of Christian bands from the hard music scene - this stage is always well supported too.... thanks guys!! We always say it, but it was a genuine pleasure for us to share a stage with the talented bands that day - we were on the Saturday line-up which included 100 Philistine Foreskins, the Catapults, and Conduit!

Babies - the Firefalldown family expanded this year, twice!! First, Andrew and his wife welcomed Olivia Noa Hodgson onto the planet at the end of January... and then keeping on with the girlie theme, Joel and his wife had little Jodie Sablayan join their family in August - so nothing like broken nights and funky nappies to throw a spanner or two into the musical works... but we all soldiered on. We didn't think it possible but Joel cat-naps even more than before!!! Look out for a foto-album of Joel in all sorts of sleep modes in all sorts of places... 'bout time we put that together.

We were incredibly blessed to be the main support for Coheed and Cambria on July 31st at A Venue in Manila. C&C are really professional, and this came across in their set - which from our perspective was faultless!! They played loads of tracks from their latest album (year of the black rainbow) and we were blown away. Of course we were really amped to be playing before them, and we were really chuffed to have some of the crowd sing along to one or two of our songs. We're looking forward to getting back to the Philippines in 2011... maybe twice!!!!!!!

We released our second single called Stand Tall in September - it's about standing up for what you believe in, which is important to us because what we believe is the reason for our existence as a band! The video for this one is really different - feel free to checkitout on our site - http://www.firefalldown.com (you can actually just download the single for free here too). We're pretty excited because this video has made it onto the playlists of SCUZZ TV (SKY channel 374 and FREESAT channel 503), as well as LAVA TV and also Kerrang! TV - this is our first bit of presence on UK television, hence our excitement... we trust there is more to come for the next releases! The single has also started getting airplay on Ian Camfields Rock Show on XFM radio!

And that's a wrap! Stay tuned for more on the debut album and... what??? Our first US show??! Keep your eyes and ears peeled!

The single has also started getting airplay on IAN CAMFIELD'S ROCK SHOW on XFM radio which airs every Saturday night between 10am and 2pm! Listen out for it! And once again, help it get as much airplay as possible by emailing Ian at ian@xfm.co.uk to request the song whenever you get the chance!

Next London Show!

Finally, the next London date will be the JXC Event on Wednesday, December 1 at the DUBLIN CASTLE in Camden! We’ll be in the company of some amazing bands on the night: MaLoKaI, Conduit, We Are Revival, The Hype Theory ,and Saving Strike! Don't miss this one!